Nttrsing- waist



C. ROUFF. NURSING WALIST. APPLICATION FILE!) um-19, 190a.

Patented Dec. 22

CHARLES ROUFF, OF NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA NURSING-WAIST.

Application filed August 19, 1908. Serial No. 449,211i I To all whom itmay concern:

Be 1t known that 1, CHARLES RoUFF, citizen of the United States,residing at NewOn' leans, in the parish of Orleans and State ofLouisiana,have invented new and useful Improvements in Nursing-\Vaists,of which the ollowing is a specification. v Y My invention pertains toladies waists such as are constructed with a View of facilit'a'ting thesuckling of infants; and it has for its general object to provide anursing waist which while efficient in facilitating orrenderingthenursing operation easy, is adapted to protect the mothersbreast against drafts 5 of air, to cover the breast and the infants headin such manner that the infant is enabled to nurse in comfort, and toassure the nursing being unattended by immodest exposure.

0 To the attainment of the foregoing object my inventionconsists in anursing waist haw ing at its front a placket, disposed at one side ofits vertical median line and extending from its shoulder to a pointadjacent to its 5 lower end 3 the said placket being made. up of innerand, outer members the latter of which is adapted to overlap the former,and cooperating devices connected to the members for detachablyconnecting the outer 0 overlapping member to the inner member, incombination with a fly which is joined along one of its longitudinaledges to the front, at

the inner. sideof the placket, extends from the shoulder of the waist toa point adjacent, 5 to the lower end thereof, and is free at its ends,whereby it is adapted to be swung bodily from a position in which itcovers and hides the lacket to a position at the inner side of and olfthe placket. As will be read- 0 ily appreciated the said fly'is adaptedto be made ornamental both to configuration and embellishment,.andconsequently it is calculated to enhance rather than detract from thefinished appearance of a waist,

'5 "With the foregoing in mind, my invention will be fully understoodfrom the following description and claim when the sameis read inconnection with the drawings,- accompanying and forming part of thisspecification, in

which:

Figure 1. is a dperspective View illustrating a waist equippe with twoplackets and two flies constructed in accordance with my in vention; theplacket and fly at the right of 5 thewaist being shown open whenit is desired to give an infant access to a breast, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

cordance with my invention.

waist to a point adjacent to the lower. end

Patented Dec; 22, 1908.

the fly at the left of the waist being shown in its normal positioninwhich position it entirely hides its complementary placket from View andpreventsthe same detracting from the beauty of thewaist. Fig. 2 'is; anenlarged detail section, taken in the plane indi cated by .the line 22of Fig. ;1,;looking downwardly. Similar 1 letters designatecorresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, in

which: I

T A A; is the. front of, a ladies"waist-whieh is provided at oppositesides of its median line with plackets and flies constructed in ac- Theplackets are similar in construction as are also the flies, andtherefore a detailed description of the placket B and the fly C at theleft of Fig. 1 and in Fig. 2 will suffice to impart a definiteunderstanding of both plackets and both flies. The said placket Bextends from the shoulder of the waist to a point adjacent to the lowerend thereof and is made up of an inner member a, an outer member badapted to overlap and rest snug against the member a, and cooperatingdevices, buttons 0 and button-holes d for instance, on the inner andouter members for effecting detachable connection of the outer member tothe inner member.

The fly C, which may be of any desired configuration and of lace orother ornamental material, extends from the shoulder-of the thereof and.is joined. along its longitudinal edge e to the front A, at about thedlstance shown between the placket and the vertical median line of thewaist, and has free upper and lower ends lettered f and g, respectively.

By virtue of this latter provision it will be manifest that the fly Cmay be swung bodily," on and over or off the placket and flat againstthe front A; also,'that when the fly rests over the placket, it servesto enf' hide the placket from View and at the time increases theornamental or due appearance of the waist.

In the practical use of my improvements, it will be noted that themembers of placket may be readily separated, after the manner shown atthe left of Fig. 1, in order to enable an infant to readily gain acct.the nipple of the breast, and that \Vht members are so separated themother is .ni jected tono strain, and the major portion the breast ishidden by the placket mem r ly s with the result that there is noimmodest disthe play and at the same time the breast is pro tectedagainst drafts of air. It will also be noted that incidental to thenursing opera tion, the fly C is entirely out of the way of the infantshead, and is not liable to chafe the infant or stick into its eyes; andit will further be noted that when deemeid expedient fly C may be swungto a position over the infants head soas to partly coyer and protect thesame and at the same time add to the modesty of the operation.

Notwithstanding the practical advantages hereinbefore ascribed to myimprovements,-

it will be appreciated that the same add but little to the cost ofmaking the waist and are adapted to Wear quite as well and to last aslong as the remainder of, the waist.

Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is:

A nursing waist havin at its front a placket, disposed at one slde ofits vertical median lineand extending from its shoulder to a pointQClj'ELCGllh to its lower end and made up of inner and outer members thelatter of which is adapted to overlap the former, and

cooperating devices on said members for detachably connecting the outeroverlapping member to the inner member, in combination with a fly whichis joined along one of its longitudinal edges to the front, at a pointbetween the placket and the vertical median line of the front, andextends from the shoulder of the waist to a point adjacent to the lowerend thereof and is free at its ends,

'Whereby it is adapted to be laterally swung

